January 2011
12 posts
In one study of 50 non-Minnesota mothers and 48 Minnesota mothers, almost 89% of the non-Minnesota mothers said that “if a person mispronounces your name you should immediately correct them.” By contrast, roughly 0% of the Minnesota mothers felt the same way.
— The Awl — Why Minnesota Mothers Are Doing Pretty Good
If you ever want to shake me and ask, “What the hell is wrong with you!?”,...
Ignore that last post
I regret describing the motivations of the post two posts ago. It’s all the product of incredible insecurities whenever I do anything mildly “creative”, and I shouldn’t apologize or backpedal or anything. I worry that it will be misinterpreted or people will assign it significance to my life when there’s not NECESSARILY any connection to any specific event or...
I just realized that last post might be...
It’s not supposed to be, like, a metaphor for relationships or a relationship. I mean, take from it what you want but it’s literally about phone conversations and that thing people say. And the last line is a joke.
So don’t get any ideas!
"that sly old telephone-conversation ender: 'Well,...
I’m going to let you go. Before you go on thinking that I’m oblivious to your intent to hang up the telephone and get back to whatever it was you were doing that’s so damn important, I’m going to let you go. I’m not trying to get off the phone! I could continue talking to you for hours on end―I find you enthralling. Alas, you don’t feel the same way. I’m...
THIS IS AN ACT. WE'RE ALL PRETENDING. WE'RE ALL...
Things I do way more in New York than I ever did...
Eat Soup
Eat Japanese Food
Eat Japanese Soups
Walk
Spend Money
Edit:
Read
Be Late to Things
“This was the first of many, many run-ins. The [World Professional Billiards and...”
– Alex Higgins Obituary, The Economist, August 5th 2010
therealityinstitute asked: why'd you delete my edward james almost begly jr picture and have you ever been to http://whatitdo.tumblr.com/ or whatitdo.com? worth checking out.